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Introduction to The Brain Box

The Brain Box(Twitter: #mcrbrainbox) was an exciting science extravaganza organised by Andreas Prokop and Stuart Allan, that took place in the spectacular Town Hall right in the middle of Manchester onManchester Day – the very day of the famous annual parade (Twitter: #mcrday16)! People could rummage around in The Brain Box and discover the wonders of the brain: how it works, how it is studied, what can go wrong in our brains, and how this might be fixed. It was a unique opportunity for everybody to interact with scientists, clinicians, creative practitioners and artists at a unique event with exciting and thought-provoking exhibits, displays and hands-on activities for all ages.

Visitors could pick up a passport [LINK] and participate in the treasure hunt for answers to get a squeezy brain (as long as they were available!) or win a family ticket for a visit to Jodrell Bank.

The event where visitors came, celebrated with us and had their own EUREKA! moments when learning about the wonders of the brain, took place at Manchester Town Hall, 10 am – 6 pm on Sunday, 19 June 2016 – the very year where Manchester was the European City of Science!

Feel free to download a leaflet for A4 print [PDF] or A5 print [PDF2] and spread the news!

Cloudy with a chance of pain(Age 6+) Is there a link between the weather and feeling pain? Find out how thousands of people are using their smartphones to help scientists answer this age-old question [LINK].

How did we discover what your brain does?(Age 10+) Everyone now knows that we think with our brain, but for most of humanity’s history, that role was taken by the heart. How did we work out what the brain does?

Your brain on Art(Age 10+) What does art reveal about the brain? Is the artist, in some ways, also a neuroscientist? I will explore some artwork that inspired scientists to design experiments revealing how our brain works [LINK].